Last place Missouri apparently caught Tennessee looking ahead to turkey and an NCAA bid, defeating the Lady Vols in five sets (19-25, 19-25, 25-21, 30-28, 15-11).

Breana Runnels led both teams with a UT career high 26 kills. Morgahn Fingall had 14, Lily Felts 11, and Danielle Mahaffey 10. Ava Bell and Mahaffey put up 6 blocks each. Runnels had 5, while Natalie Hayward and Fingall had 4 each. Hayward put up 57 assists. Madison Bryant dug up 20 balls, Felts 17 (for her 7th double double of the year), and Runnels 14 (for her 10th at UT).

Runnels’ 26 kills is the 46th most by a Lady Vol since 2001.

Prior to this match, the Tigers had not won a single match at home this season.

Tennessee went up 2-0, and had 3 match points. This was just the 27th time in school history that UT has lost after winning the first two sets.

The team hit .286 in the match. That’s their fifth highest hitting percentage in a losing match in the rally-scoring era.

UT is now 25-19 in final regular season matches since 1978, and 7-4 all-time in matches played the day before Thanksgiving.